Poisonous Plants: Plants Affecting the Urinary and Hemic-Lymphatic Systems
In the first half of this course, you will become familiar with the important oxalate-containing plants that cause kidney disease in animals. The second half of this course deals with plants such as onions, sweet clover, red maple and bracken fern. (1 CE credit)
In the first half of this course, you will become familiar with the important oxalate-containing plants that cause kidney disease in animals. Oak poisoning is also discussed. After completing this section, you will be able to:
> Recognize common plants that contain significant quantities of oxalates.
> Understand how plant oxalates produce disease in animals.
> Understand the pathogenesis of oak poisoning in animals.
The second half of this course deals with plants such as onions, sweet clover, red maple and bracken fern. They have a direct effect upon the blood causing anemia. The plants and the mechanism by which they are toxic to animals are discussed. After completing this section, you will be able to:
> Understand the pathogenesis of onion poisoning.
> Recognize sweet clover and the reason it causes blood clotting deficiency in animals that consume it.
> Recognize Heinz body anemia in horses and its most likely etiology.
> Appreciate the toxicology of bracken fern.
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